Successful treatment of muscle sarcoidosis with thalidomide

Acta Myologica

Volumn 22, Issue MAY, 2003, Pages 22-25

  Walter, Maggie C ^a   Lochmuller H ^a   Schlotter Weigel, B ^a   Meindl, T ^a   Muller Felber W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Muscle; Sarcoidosis; Thalidomide

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; METHOTREXATE; STEROID; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRACTURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS; THALIDOMIDE;

EID: 0042090664     PISSN: 11282460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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